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  • 71purification rite — ▪ anthropology Introduction       any of the ceremonial acts or customs employed in an attempt to reestablish lost purity or to create a higher degree of purity in relation to the sacred (the transcendental realm) or the social and cultural realm …

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  • 72perspiration — noun a) the action or process of perspiring b) a saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands Syn: sweat, hidrosis, diaphoresis See Also: perspire …

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  • 73sweat like a pig — verb To sweat profusely, to be perspiring lots of sweat …

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  • 74dry rot — noun a) The crumbly, friable decayed portions of wooden members of buildings, especially at or below grade, usually caused by a fungal infection. 1836 They are, for the most part, low roofed, mouldy rooms, where innumerable rolls of parchment,… …

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  • 75Perspiration — 1) The secretion of fluid by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These small, tubular glands are situated within the skin, as well as in the subcutaneous tissue under it. They discharge their fluid through tiny openings in the surface of the skin.… …

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  • 76diaphoretic — 1. Relating to, or causing, perspiration. 2. An agent that increases perspiration. * * * di·a·pho·ret·ic ret ik adj 1) having the power to increase sweating 2) perspiring profusely: covered with sweat: SWEATY diaphoretic n an agent capable of… …

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  • 77Charles Domery — (c. 1778 – after 1800), also known as Charles Domerz, was a Polish soldier, noted for his unusually large appetite. Serving in the Prussian Army against France during the War of the First Coalition, he found that the rations of the… …

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  • 78Death of Pope Pius XII — Main article: Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII, illness and death describes the events during October 1958, the death of Pius XII, and views of his close asscociates during his pontificate, Domenico Tardini, Robert Leiber, and Madre Pascalina Lehnert …

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  • 79October 1960 — January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December The following events occurred in October 1960: Contents 1 October 1, 1960 (Saturday) 2 October 2, 1960 (Sunday) …

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  • 80Otto Floersheim — [last name pronounced Flairs hime] (born in Aix la Chapelle, 2 March 1853; died 1917) was a United States composer, critic and editor. Biography He received his musical education under Ferdinand Hiller in Cologne, and emigrated to the United… …

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